MPs launch inquiry into adequacy of current carbon targets

James S Murray
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Environmental Audit Committee to investigate whether latest climate science means proposed UK carbon budgets should be strengthened

Just a week after climate scientists warned that the impacts of climate change will be more severe and felt earlier than previously expected, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) of MPs has announced...

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